ὑποζύγι-ον [ζῠ], τό,
beast for the yoke, beast of draught or burden, [[ 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 126, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.39, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 873e, etc.: _plural_, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.167, 3.25, 9.24, 39, 41, etc.; ὑποζύγια καλούμενα πάντα ὁμοίως, βοῦς, ἡμιόνους, ἵππους 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 18.4 ] Refs 6th c.BC+]: as adjective, ὑποζύγιαι ἡμίονοι [[ 3rd-2nd c.BC: Aristophanes Byzantinus Philosophus cited in 12th c.AD: Eustathius Episcopus Thessalonicensis 1625.41; ὑ. ζῷα “PMasp.” 2 ii 3 (6th c.AD). ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]
__II later specifically an ass, [[ LXX.Zech.9.9, NT.Matt.21.5, NT.2Pet.2.16; ἡμίονοι καὶ ὑποζύγια “PCair.Zen.” 158, (3rd c.BC)] LXX+NT+3rd c.BC+]; βοῦς ἢ ὑ. ἢ πρόβατον [[ “PPetr.” 3p.56 (3rd c.BC)] Refs 3rd c.BC+]; οὖρον οἷον ὑποζυγίου [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἀφορισμοί” 4.70. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]